An attorney for disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein lobbied a Los Angeles federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss actress Ashley Judd’s defamation action against the producer – claims that are the touchstone of the “Me Too” movement that has roiled Hollywood for the better part of a year.

One of the sprawling class actions that accuses The Weinstein Co. and Miramax executives of enabling years of sexual misconduct by producer Harvey Weinstein took an inauspicious turn Wednesday at a hearing in federal court.

A Los Angeles judge handed actor Johnny Depp an important victory – and sent ripples through the entertainment industry – Tuesday, finding an agreement between the actor and his ex-attorney may be voided due to a lack of a written contract.

A production company says director Robert Rodriguez, best known for his work on violent, gritty action movies, showed a “pattern of misbehavior” and cost them almost $15 million due to delays while filming the sequel to the 2014 graphic novel adaptation of “Sin City”, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

In a bid to throw out rape charges against Harvey Weinstein, attorneys for the disgraced producer pointed Friday to dozens of emails where Weinstein’s accuser uses smiley-face emoticons and the phrase “booty call.”

Steadfast Insurance Company filed a lawsuit asking a New York judge to declare it has no obligation to provide insurance coverage to disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein for two counts of rape and one count of criminal sexual act.

“Gone with the Wind” actress Olivia de Havilland wants to go to the California Supreme Court with her lawsuit against the creators of the docudrama series “Feud: Joan and Bette” after a California appeals court ruled earlier this year the series’ portrayal of the actress is protected by the First Amendment.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles on Wednesday charged a man they say tried to extort money from comedian Kevin Hart by threatening to sell a sexually suggestive video of him with a woman in Las Vegas to celebrity news websites.